SLIGO CREEK NEAR TAKOMA PARK, MD
SLIGO CREEK MD USGS
SLIGO CREEK NEAR TAKOMA PARK, MD (01650800) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the SLIGO CREEK in MD, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 39 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01650800
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MD
- Coordinates
- 38.9862, -77.0049
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbySligo Creek Near Takoma Park, MD has 39 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Goldfish (Carassius auratus), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Northern Snakehead (Channa argus), and 34 others.
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- European Carp × Goldfish Cyprinus carpio × Carassius auratus
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Southern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- White Perch Morone americana
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Three Spot Gourami Trichopodus trichopterus
- Eastern Mudminnow Umbra pygmaea
3 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, Northern Snakehead, European Carp). Records show what has been observed near this station, not what is native to the watershed.
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 39 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Mar 21, 2026 – Jul 20, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records